President Donald Trump announced the gold medal U.S. women's hockey team will visit the White House "soon," though it's unclear if they accepted the invitation.

Netss rookie Egor Dëmin is going to have to keep getting better at getting into the paint.

"How do we stop innocent human beings from being gunned down?" the teen had asked in a podcast episode reflecting on gun violence that aired before his death.

Trump blasts Democrats repeatedly on taxes, inflation and healthcare in speech claiming border and economic wins

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Erika Kirk, the widow of the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will attend tonight’s State of the Union address as a special guest of the president.

After her husband was assassinated at a college event for his non-profit Turning Point USA, Erika Kirk took over the organization.

If he’s coming to our house, you got to be there. Otherwise, you let him own the house.

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After covering colleagues’ classes and dodging black ice, I am concerned — about my students’ safety, about my own, and about Mayor Mamdani’s priorities.

A spokesperson for Falun Dafa – a group associated with Shen Yun - said it had received threats against Albanese if upcoming performances went ahead

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Anthony Albanese was evacuated from his official Canberra residence on Tuesday night as police responded to a bomb threat made against him in relation to upcoming performances of the Chinese group Shen Yun.

A spokesperson for Falun Dafa – a group associated with Shen Yun - told Guardian Australia that one of their colleagues had received two threats in recent weeks, written in Chinese, threatening harm against Albanese if the performances went ahead. The threats, the second of which was received this week, were reported to the Australian Federal Police and are thought to have been the reason for the prime minister to be evacuated from the Lodge and the house to be searched by officers.

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President Trump announced he will award USA hockey goalie Connor Hellebuyck the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor.

Isaac Bryan’s staggering tab for sponsored social media posts included cringey Instagram photos about self-healing while staring wistfully out at the waves and posing stiffly in a yoga position.

Thunderous chants of "USA" and applause broke out after President Trump congratulated the men's Olympic hockey team for their gold medal victory.

“I have new Trump Signature Series kneepads now,” the Democratic governor said of the red, $100 joint cushions he’s been hawking online. 

"Selena needs to divorce him and find someone better," one fan commented.

Here are the best Southern California locales to plan your super bloom pilgrimage--from poppy covered hillsides to sprawling desert carpets this spring.

Observations from Yankees spring training on Tuesday.

St. John’s has plenty to gain, but little to lose.

Giant glass box on the side of a lake the setting for Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov’s secret getaway

For Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov it became the safe house at the edge of the world.

Now Heated Rivalry fans can relive some of the hit television show’s steamiest momentsin Barlochan Cottage, tucked away on the granite-edged shores of Ontario’s Lake Muskoka, which has just been listed on Airbnb.

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Melania, 55, supported husband Donald Trump as he gave his presidential speech.

Green was booted the previous year as well during Trump’s joint address to Congress.

Barron Trump is joining his siblings and their partners in attending their father's State of the Union address.

Clarke Schmidt has been where Will Warren is now.

Australian journalist Ryan Heath, who will lead expansion, says focus will be on journalism that ‘connects the dots globally’

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The US political news site Politico will establish an Australian outlet later this year, bringing its brand of insider politics and policy news to the Canberra press gallery.

Ryan Heath, an Australian journalist who launched Politico’s Brussels Playbook a decade ago, is the edition’s launch editor. A newsletter covering federal parliamentary politics and policy, Canberra Playbook, will launch when parliament returns from a winter break.

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Authorities found Katherine dead of an apparent suicide inside her Hollywood Hills, Calif. home on Feb. 23.

President Trump is expected to award a Medal of Honor during tonight's State of the Union address to a 100-year-old Korean War veteran.

Court itself to search devices for documents related to national security inquiry as newspaper calls ruling ‘victory’

A federal judge has prohibited the justice department from searching electronic devices it seized from a Washington Post reporter, ruling that the court will search the devices for documents related to a national security investigation itself.

In his ruling, magistrate judge William Porter criticized the Trump administration for omitting relevant case law in its application for a search warrant to seize the devices in the first place, but acknowledged “the possibility that classified national security information may be among the seized material” complicated the matter.

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Levitan used to hook up with Wilson.